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We are excited to announce a new post-season track event to be hosted for the top high school track & field athletes in the DMV area (DC, Maryland, and Virginia) on Saturday, June 11th. DC, Maryland, and Virginia will all be down with their championship meets by then, so it will be the perfect time to have the first annual DMV Meet of The Elite!
Entries for the 2016 DMV Meet of the Elite are starting to roll in and now is the time for athletes to look ahead to meets after their regional and state meets to continue or wrap up their 2016 outdoor season.
Now the Maryland State Championships are over, time to think about what's next! Well its the DMV Meet of the Elite! That is next event that should be on everyone's calendar! This first year event is coming together very well with plenty of elite talent as well as numbers of teams and athletes planning to compete on Saturday, June 11th at Patriot High School in Nokesville, Virginia. Meet kicks off at 4 PM.
The first annual post-season high school meet aiming to gather top athletes from DC, Maryland, and Virginia set for Saturday, June 11th at Patriot High School.
Two elite meets live on MileSplit this weekend!
Below can find top entrants and total number of entries for the DMV Meet of the Elite. We are over 250 athletes total entered in the event as of Wednesday morning in this first year post-season event with athletes from over 75 different schools in DC, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia!
Find out what 5 races that we are most excited to watch in the 2016 DMV Meet of the Elite!
Heat sheets for the 2016 DMV Meet of the Elite! There will be some hot races on the track at Patriot High School this Saturday evening starting at 4 PM. If can't be there then watch LIVE here.
Beyond hosting conference and county championships as well as local weekday meets, Patriot High School will have its first truly elite event on its home track this Saturday night with the first annual DMV Meet of the Elite. See the current facility records below, which certainly many of these will go down with the elite fields that we have assembled!
The first annual DMV Meet of the Elite, a new post-season high school track event for athletes in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area and beyond will be LIVE streamed on MileSplit today starting at 4 PM!
Check out complete results from the 2016 DMV Meet of the Elite at Patriot High School on Saturday, June 11th.
Check out nearly 1,700 photos taken by Lisa McArthur from the first annual DMV Meet of the Elite!
Watch Rachel McArthur pull off an incredible double winning the 1500 in 4:33 and followed up winning the 400 less than 30 minutes afterwards against Maryland 4A state champ Mallorie Smith in a 56.35 clocking.
Might have been wind-aided, but still a very fast time of 10.43 in the 100 meter dash at the DMV Meet of the Elite produced by former Bowie standout and current Archbishop Carroll athlete Maxwell Willis.
Watch Central-PG and 2A state champ sprinter Mary Foday clock her first sub 12 second race in the 100 meter dash with a 11.85 clocking to win the DMV Meet of the Elite on Saturday.
Watch the fast section from the boys 300 hurdles at the DMV Meet of the Elite which turned out to have one of the more exciting finishes of the day.
Watch Easton's Kathryn Gearhart and George C. Marshall's Heather Holt duel it on a sweltering hot day for a 5K on the track at the DMV Meet of the Elite.
Watch Milford Mill Academy's Jonathan Johnson win the boys 400 meter dash at the DMV Meet of the Elite with a 48.54 clocking.
Watch boys 1500 seeded section from the DMV Meet of the Elite which Tuscarora's Fitsum Seyoum was able to hold off Maryland 1A state champ Will Merritt for the win in 4:02.
The first annual DMV Meet of the Elite had plenty of outstanding winning performances to establish some fast meet records from the start! Check out our gallery of champions from the DMV Meet of the Elite below. All photos taken by Lisa McArthur.